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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index d5ff132e43..2d16019caa 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -14319,15 +14319,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - For recipes that use the + When the <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class, this variable causes the OpenEmbedded build system - to check for what the latest upstream version is by calling - <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>. - When source code is provided from Git repositories, the - latest upstream version is determined by picking the latest - tag from the list of all repository tags. - You can use the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX</filename> + class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe + check for what the latest upstream source code version is + by calling + <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>. + If the recipe source code is provided from Git + repositories, the OpenEmbedded build system determines the + latest upstream version by picking the latest tag from the + list of all repository tags. + You can use the + <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX</filename> variable to provide a regular expression to filter only the relevant tags should the default filter not work correctly. @@ -14345,11 +14348,13 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - For recipes that use the + When the <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class, the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> - variable causes the package checking system to use the - regular expression to parse the page found using + class is enabled globally, use the + <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> variable to + specify a different regular expression instead of the + default one when the package checking system is parsing + the page found using <link linkend='var-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI'><filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename></link>. <literallayout class='monospaced'> UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "package_regex" @@ -14365,16 +14370,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - For recipes that use the + When the <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class, this variable causes the OpenEmbedded build system - to check for what the latest upstream version is by calling - <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>. - When the source code is provided from tarballs, the latest + class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe + check for what the latest upstream source code version is + by calling <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> + <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>. + If the source code is provided from tarballs, the latest version is determined by fetching the directory listing where the tarball is and attempting to find a later tarball. - When this approach does not work, - you can use <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename> to + When this approach does not work, you can use + <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename> to provide a different URI that contains the link to the latest tarball. <literallayout class='monospaced'> |